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Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Fri Nov 21 08:15:27 2025 The foreign money to Nobama story never goes away. No matter how many subchatters say it ain't true.----- A Grammy-winning artist was sentenced to 14 years in prison after he was convicted of funneling millions of dollars in foreign contributions to Barack Obama's 2012 reelection campaign. Fugees rapper Pras Michel, 53, was found guilty of having orchestrated the illegal foreign lobbying scheme on behalf of fugitive Malaysian financier Jho Low. Michel obtained over $120 million from Jho and steered some of that money through straw donors to Obama´s campaign. Justice Department prosecutors said federal sentencing guidelines recommended a life sentence for Michel, whom they said 'betrayed his country for money' and 'lied unapologetically and unrelentingly to carry out his schemes.' 'His sentence should reflect the breadth and depth of his crimes, his indifference to the risks to his country, and the magnitude of his greed,' they wrote. Defense attorney Peter Zeidenberg said his client's 14-year sentence is 'completely disproportionate to the offense.' Michel will appeal his conviction and sentence, according to his lawyer. 'Elliott Broidy was pardoned, George Higginbotham got 3 months' probation, and Nicki Lum Davis received 24 months. Not to mention that DOJ has announced that FARA will no longer be prosecuted except where there is espionage involved – something not alleged here,' Zeidenberg said. Zeidenberg had recommended a three-year prison sentence. A life sentence would be an 'absurdly high' punishment for Michel given that it is typically reserved for deadly terrorists and drug cartel leaders, Michel's attorneys said in a court filing. 'The Government´s position is one that would cause Inspector Javert to recoil and, if anything, simply illustrates just how easily the Guidelines can be manipulated to produce absurd results, and how poorly equipped they are, at least on this occasion, to determine ------ I think this could be the reason why we don't se emore of these stories... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15311733/Fugees-Pras-Michel-sentence-Trump-pardon.html |
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